Location: Botallack, Tin Coast near St Just, Cornwall Meeting Place: Botallack Count House Date & Time: Monday, 29 April 2019, 12:00pm to 2:00pm Fieldtrip Leader: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Mobile Number: 07711105485 Email Address: ilovecornwall8@yahoo.com Photographer: Rowena Castillo Nicholls Videographer: Rob Nicholls Facilities: Ample car parking with specific accessible parking places. Picnic area and blanket available to borrow from the café. Café for refreshment. Disable Access. Toilet. I lead a walk today in Botallack today to explore the Tin Coast for our organisation, Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Cornwall. The Tin Coast is Cornwall's oldest new destination. It's a cultural landscape of World Heritage site status, it is a place defined by Cornish mining, part of the Cornish Mining World Heritage Site. In 2006 Botallack was given World Heritage Site status by UNESCO. The mine is within the Aire Point to Carrick Du Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and the South West Coast Path passes along the cliff. The 1970s BBC television series Poldark was filmed partly in Botallack, using Manor Farm as Nampara. More recently, filming for the new Poldark series also took place here. The West Wheal Owles pumping engine house is used for filming both Wheal Grace and Wheal Leisure in the BBC's new Poldark series. There was a real mine called Wheal Leisure at Perranporth where Winston Graham lived. We had a fantastic and fabulous time exploring the tin coast. The rain and wind did not stop us from having an amazing time. We all had a brilliant time. Great company. Interesting conversation. And we were greeted by 2 Cornish Choughs when we were walking towards the coastal path and 4 more Cornish Choughs flying from the headland. That really made our day. We also saw loads of other species: Fulmars, Gannets, Swallows, Kestrel and a lot more... Rain or shine, we all had an enjoyable and fun-filled day. Exploring the Tin Coast The spectacular Crowns Engine House on our backdrop Going down to the Crowns Engine Houses At the Crowns Engine Houses Stopping for more photo opts More photo opts during the walk At the entrance of the Arsenic Labyrinth at Botallack Mine where the arsenic would have been scraped from the enclosed tunnels and packed into barrels. The West Wheal Owles pumping engine house is used for filming both Wheal Grace and Wheal Leisure in the BBC's new Poldark series. The iconic and enigmatic Cornish Choughs near the Crowns Engine Houses The iconic and enigmatic Cornish Choughs flying around the chimney The iconic and enigmatic Cornish Choughs posing for photo opts Spectacular and picturesque view The Crowns Engine Houses The two engine houses of the Crowns Engine Shaft and Boscawen Diagonal Shaft Entrance to the Arsenic Labyrinth at Botallack Mine where the arsenic would have been scraped from the enclosed tunnels and packed into barrels. The Arsenic Labyrinth The engine houses of West Wheal Owles and Wheal Edward The West Wheal Owles pumping engine house is used for filming both Wheal Grace and Wheal Leisure in the BBC's new Poldark series. The engine house of Wheal Edward Need to treat ourselves after that brilliant walk on the Tin Coast. Ribeye Steaks with prawn and lobster sauce for me and Rob had his all time favourite Fish and Chips. Vanilla and Blackcurrant Cheesecake for me and Rob had a Chocolate Brownie. Hmmm delicious!
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